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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/distutils/command/install.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/command/install.py | 63 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py index ec73b1c..54b8187 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class Install (Command): ('optimize-py', None, "compile .py to .pyo (optimized)"), ] + def set_default_options (self): self.build_base = None @@ -83,6 +84,29 @@ class Install (Command): def set_final_options (self): + # XXX this method is where the default installation directories + # for modules and extension modules are determined. (Someday, + # the default installation directories for scripts, + # documentation, and whatever else the Distutils can build and + # install will also be determined here.) Thus, this is a pretty + # important place to fiddle with for anyone interested in + # installation schemes for the Python library. Issues that + # are not yet resolved to my satisfaction: + # * how much platform dependence should be here, and + # how much can be pushed off to sysconfig (or, better, the + # Makefiles parsed by sysconfig)? + # * how independent of Python version should this be -- ie. + # should we have special cases to handle Python 1.5 and + # older, and then do it "the right way" for 1.6? Or should + # we install a site.py along with Distutils under pre-1.6 + # Python to take care of the current deficiencies in + # Python's library installation scheme? + # + # Currently, this method has hacks to distinguish POSIX from + # non-POSIX systems (for installation of site-local modules), + # and assumes the Python 1.5 installation tree with no site.py + # to fix things. + # Figure out the build directories, ie. where to install from self.set_peer_option ('build', 'basedir', self.build_base) self.set_undefined_options ('build', @@ -114,15 +138,37 @@ class Install (Command): self.install_platlib = \ self.replace_sys_prefix ('BINLIBDEST', ('lib','python1.5'), 1) + + # Here is where we decide where to install most library files: + # on POSIX systems, they go to 'site-packages' under the + # install_lib (determined above -- typically + # /usr/local/lib/python1.x). Unfortunately, both + # platform-independent (.py*) and platform-specific (.so) files + # go to this directory, since there is no site-packages under + # $exec_prefix in the usual way that Python builds sys.path. On + # non-POSIX systems, the situation is even worse: everything + # gets dumped right into $exec_prefix, not even a lib + # subdirectory! But apparently that's what needs to be done to + # make it work under Python 1.5 -- hope we can get this fixed + # for 1.6! + if self.install_site_lib is None: - self.install_site_lib = \ - os.path.join (self.install_lib, 'site-packages') + if os.name == 'posix': + self.install_site_lib = \ + os.path.join (self.install_lib, 'site-packages') + else: + self.install_site_lib = self.exec_prefix + if self.install_site_platlib is None: - # XXX ugh! this puts platform-specific files in with shared files, - # with no nice way to override it! (this might be a Python - # problem, though, not a Distutils problem...) - self.install_site_platlib = \ - os.path.join (self.install_lib, 'site-packages') + if os.name == 'posix': + # XXX ugh! this puts platform-specific files in with + # shared files, with no nice way to override it! (this + # might be a Python problem, though, not a Distutils + # problem...) + self.install_site_platlib = \ + os.path.join (self.install_lib, 'site-packages') + else: + self.install_site_platlib = self.exec_prefix #if self.install_scheme == 'site': # install_lib = self.install_site_lib @@ -181,6 +227,9 @@ class Install (Command): self.set_final_options () + # Obviously have to build before we can install + self.run_peer ('build') + # Install modules in two steps: "platform-shared" files (ie. pure # python modules) and platform-specific files (compiled C # extensions). |